Lacey Spring Fair 2011

Wow! I can't believe that it has been a year since my last post:( Sad! I really missed posting, but found it to be cumbersome at times; however, I think that I am ready for the challenge again! :) Here are some pic from this years Spring Fun Fair:

Ethan riding on the school bus:

 Ethan and Joshua sitting on the city bus:

 Family picture on the train:

 My boys:

 Lily on a mission:

 Joshua in the bounce house:

 Looking forward to sharing more with you!

Christmas 2009

We had a GREAT Christmas Season!

My new Yo, Gabba, Gabba pals:

Foofa and Plex

Stocking time! A mini See and Say, and a tower of rings...MINE!

A view of Grandma and Grandpa's tree:

Having sooooo much FUN with all the wrapping paper!

Grandpa Chris entertaining me:

Hmmmm....what's in here?

Another one ?!?!?!

That's MINE!

With Cousin Ken...he gave me a DOLLAR! I was soooo excited!

Dancing with the Musical Christmas Tree

I know how to do this now!

Foofa!!!!!!!!

Muno!

Tutti!

Mickey Mouse!

Watch and learn, Daddy!

Christmas Spirit

One Saturday a few weeks back, Brock and I decorated the HUGE tree and watched Christmas movies all day. We threw some pillows onto the ground and got comfy! Who knew that Ethan would be so interested in the movies?!?! He seriously watched most of them with us:) He also enjoyed the Christmas music at the beginning of A Christmas Story....

Another Griswold tree....

At the end of the Christmas season last year, we said that we were NOT getting another Griswold tree. If you need a reminder of how BIG the tree was last year, click here. Well, the SPIRIT got a hold of this year!!! It's so hard to say SMALL tree when you're walking amongst the biggest, and most beautiful trees. So we found another Griswold tree; and really, we already had all the lights and ornaments, so why not?

As Brock and I were lugging in the tree this weekend, he shouted "WE ARE NOT GETTING A BIG TREE NEXT YEAR!!" LOL, :) :) I giggle at the thought. Because honestly, I LOVE the BIG tree! It looks so beautiful down our hallway, and the GLOW from the tree out the 2nd story window has a warming effect on my heart!!!

Here is the view as it lays down(notice Brock's head):

We were smart this year, and put lights on the top half before bringing it in:

The top half:

Securing it to the wall:

View from the Family Room:

Ethan LOVES the tree. He got to explore it a little bit today:

P.S. The tree is 15 years old, while Brock was putting on the lights, I entertained myself by counting the rings...LOL

Tree Hunt 2009

Another yearly tradition, another bah hum bug for Ethan:(

I remember sitting in the car lots last year and this year, I thought that he would LOVE the snow and walking around. Nope! I think it was mainly due to not napping on the way up. Since he just started walking, I thought that using the carrier would be best for him and me. Boy, oh boy! My back is still killing me...it's one thing to carry your 25 lb toddler, but another to do it while walking in snow! Nevertheless, we got a GREAT tree (pics of that to come next week, and YES, this one might be bigger than last years), and had a wonderful time. We also missed enjoying this time with the Brown family :(

Here are the only pics I got:

Our view from the inside:

Here comes Santa Claus, right down BELLEVUE way....

Snowflake Lane is a holiday show that Bellevue puts on every night. They have drummers, music, a light show and snow falling each night. We knew that Ethan would LOVE it! We already had plans with the Peraltas to watch the show later this month, but we decided at the last minute to go welcome Santa Claus.

Bundled up:
Daddy holding Ethan up so that he can see Santa:

Watching the snow fall:

A video of Ethan conducting and enjoying the show:

Pumpkin Patch

We had a great day at the Pumpkin Patches...yep, we went to more than one. The first one wasn't patch friendly...way too muddy and too many Yellow Jackets....why are these still out? So we looked at all the animals and then took off:

At the second place, we borrowed a wagon to carry Ethan and our pumpkins. Ethan had fallen asleep on the drive, but he transitioned to the wagon, sleeping.

He LOVED the wagon (I know what is on his list this year for Christmas).